Odd 2nd Hdd problem with games

[acoolh2o]

Hello All,


It has taken me a while to isolate this problem. I'd like some more help or inputs. I have 2 drives:
A) 120 GB HDD partitioned with OS & Data
B) 320 GB HDD for programs, games, music

Some games when installed on B would hang the system, had to hard reboot. It would hang just after logging into the game. Those same games, when I moved them to A, worked fine. Troubleshooting done with HDD B - switched sata cables, ports, error checking, surface test, etc. All clear. Other games and apps work fine.

The games so far in question are Diablo 3, Path of Exile, Devillian and some others. Working fine are rest of Blizzard games (not Overwatch or SC2), Dragon Nest, NWN, GW2, etc.

My system is old and I will be upgrading, but not for a couple of months. Need to save $$. Rough specs:
AMD Athlon 2 cores 2.2 ghz
ASUS mobo 8N Sli (I think)
GTX 9500
4GB RAM
Win XP
500W Silverstone PSU


Note: It used to work fine until about January this year.
Any help appreciated.

Cheers!

 

[shin89]

Might just be the case of old hdds

 

[jtjt00]

Scan your B HDD with HDTune (uncheck Quick scan) for bad sectors.

 

[yankees27sg]

try use Acronis Drive Monitor to inspect drive health status

 

[Koenig168]

You can consider getting a 1 TB WD Blue (7200 rpm version) at about 70+.

Your HDDs look pretty old and should they fail, you will lose your data.

When you build your new rig, you can move the WD Blue over.

 

[acoolh2o]

Thanks for the all the replies

Scan your B HDD with HDTune (uncheck Quick scan) for bad sectors.

I've done this, HDDs are ok.

You can consider getting a 1 TB WD Blue (7200 rpm version) at about 70+.

Your HDDs look pretty old and should they fail, you will lose your data.

When you build your new rig, you can move the WD Blue over.

Data is backed up, thanks. I do have 1tb WD drive, removed when I was troubleshooting. Saving it for new rig. Would like to get an SSD as well for new rig.


I'm wondering if its worth it to transfer the OS (reinstall) to HDD B, as there is more space for all programs and games. Still about 3 months away from new rig. Say before end of year.

Any thoughts?

 

[Louisloo]

Most probably your disk B had unstable heads which is about to fail. It pass the HD tune test because you did a quick test. If you do a random and Full test, you'll see the problem with the disk. Please do not test too long as you may kill the disk in the process.